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Rangers 2 @ Tigers 1
Tiger Stadium
April 23, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers, played on April 23, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Rangers with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateApril 23, 1978 
Visiting Team
Texas Rangers
R: 2 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 1 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 1
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherLen Barker  
Losing PitcherJim Crawford  
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Game Winning RBIRichie Zisk 

Game Info

DateApril 23, 1978 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamTexas Rangers 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Umbarger  
Home Starting PitcherDave Rozema  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance20,615 
Time of Game2 hours 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Steve Palermo
1B: Don Denkinger
2B: Dave Phillips
3B: Larry McCoy

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mike Hargrove  First Baseman 
Bump Wills  Second Baseman 
Al Oliver  DH 
Richie Zisk  Right Fielder 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
Claudell Washington  Left Fielder 
Juan Beniquez  Center Fielder 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Bert Campaneris  Shortstop 
Billy Hunter  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Mickey Stanley  Left Fielder 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
John Wockenfuss  Right Fielder 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Milt May  Catcher 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Rangers 2 @ Tigers 1
Tiger Stadium
April 23, 1978

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/23/1978, game 2 -- Texas at Detroit (D)

  Texas              AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Hargrove M, 1b        5  0  0  0   LeFlore R, cf         5  0  0  0   
Wills B, 2b           5  1  1  1   Stanley M, lf         4  1  1  0   
Oliver A, dh          4  0  0  0   Kemp S, ph-lf         0  0  0  0   
Zisk R, rf            5  1  2  1   Staub R, dh           3  0  1  0   
Harrah T, 3b          4  0  1  0   Thompson J, 1b        4  0  1  0   
Washington C, lf      4  0  1  0   Wockenfuss J, rf      3  0  1  1   
Bevacqua K, ph        1  0  0  0   Corcoran T, rf        2  0  1  0   
Thompson B, lf        0  0  0  0   Rodriguez A, 3b       4  0  1  0   
Beniquez J, cf        5  0  1  0   Mankowski P, ph-3b    1  0  0  0   
Sundberg J, c         3  0  1  0   May M, c              5  0  0  0   
Campaneris B, ss      2  0  0  0   Whitaker L, 2b        3  0  1  0   
Lowenstein J, ph      1  0  0  0   Spikes C, ph          0  0  0  0   
Mason J, ss           1  0  0  0   Dillard S, pr-2b      1  0  0  0   
                                   Trammell A, ss        5  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  2  7  2                        40  1  8  1

Texas            000 000 010 01 --  2
Detroit          100 000 000 00 --  1

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Umbarger J            9.0  8  1  1  2  3
Barker L (W)          2.0  0  0  0  2  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rozema D              9.0  6  1  1  3  5
Crawford J (L)        2.0  1  1  1  0  1

E -- Stanley M, Hargrove M
LOB -- Texas 8, Detroit 11
2B -- Beniquez J
HR -- Wills B, Zisk R
CS -- Whitaker L
SH -- Staub R
WP -- Umbarger J
T -- 2:56
A -- 20615

    

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